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Originally Posted by lucille
And Japan coexisted with its nuclear reactors peacefully for a long time. Good planning is everything; hoping for the best may turn out to be less satisfactory.
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Apples to Oranges
Without going into the whole story that he told the class (the part about the snakes was very brief and only about 5 minutes (with questions) of a 45 minute lecture), they where in an area where medical treatment for a bite was not a realistic option. The people who lived there had coexisted with them for years with relatively few incidents. My prof. said that according to the locals the few incidents that did occur happened when someone tried to kill, remove, catch, or otherwise molest the snakes.
Mambas are not as aggressive as most people think. Like any other snake their first coarse of action is to escape. It is only if they are molested further or feel trapped that they take an aggressive stance. His story was very similar to other accounts I have read about Mambas in the wild ignoring humans. The problem with mambas is the potency of the venom coupled with the viciousness of the attack should they decide to go that route.